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Pictures of the week: Pride, by Andrew Esiebohttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/jan/10/photography-andrew-esiebo-west-africa-hair-pride
Barbershops across West Africa shape men's identities as powerfully as any church or school <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/jan/10/photography-andrew-esiebo-west-africa-hair-pride">Continue reading...</a>PhotographyArt and designCultureLife and styleAfricaMen's hairNigeriaFri, 10 Jan 2014 16:30:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/jan/10/photography-andrew-esiebo-west-africa-hair-pridePhotograph: Andrew Esiebobig pic Photograph: Andrew EsieboPhotograph: Andrew Esiebobig pic Photograph: Andrew EsieboHannah Booth2014-01-10T16:30:00ZBig picture: Floods, by Gideon Mendelhttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/jan/04/photography-nigeria-floods-gideon-mendel
Gideon Mendel's photographs of the floods in Nigeria have gone some way towards addressing international indifference to a disaster that has affect around 7m people<p>The worst flooding in Nigeria for 50 years reached its height in September; five weeks later, when photographer Gideon Mendel arrived, the water was waist-high.</p><p>Residents of Igbogeni, a small town in Bayelsa province, in the south, were by this time used to the&nbsp;water, a semi-permanent fixture&nbsp;that filled their living rooms,&nbsp;submerged their toilets and&nbsp;swamped their streets. They lost clothes, furniture, livelihoods and family. Even in a country used&nbsp;to rainy seasons, the floods caused&nbsp;immense damage to people and property.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/jan/04/photography-nigeria-floods-gideon-mendel">Continue reading...</a>PhotographyArt and designCultureNatural disasters and extreme weatherNigeriaAfricaWorld newsEnvironmentFri, 04 Jan 2013 22:59:35 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/jan/04/photography-nigeria-floods-gideon-mendelPhotograph: Gideon Mendel'I hadn't intended to take such good pictures with my phone. I tend to do my serious work with my film and digital cameras.' Photograph: Gideon MendelPhotograph: Gideon Mendel'I hadn't intended to take such good pictures with my phone. I tend to do my serious work with my film and digital cameras.' Photograph: Gideon MendelHannah Booth2013-01-04T22:59:35Z